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What enzyme deficiency in RBC leads to hemolytic anemia due to oxidative stress? ​

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In some cases, massive destruction of red blood cells caused death. This drug-induced hemolytic anemia was shown 30 years later to be caused by a deficiency of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, the enzyme catalyzing the first step in the oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway.

in short terms, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase

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